Frank Zappa discography

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This is a list of albums by Frank Zappa and tribute albums for Frank Zappa. Zappa wrote a total of 57 main albums, with another 18 posthumous albums to his name. This makes a grand total of 75 albums made by Frank Zappa.

Contents 1 Main albums 2 Posthumous releases 3 Compilations 4 Cover or tribute albums 5 Singles 6 External links

[edit] Main albums

• Freak Out! (June 27, 1966), US #130
• Absolutely Free (May 26, 1967), US #41
• We're Only in It for the Money (January 1968), US #30
• Lumpy Gravy (May 1968), US #159
• Cruising with Ruben & the Jets (December 2, 1968), US #110
• Uncle Meat (April 1969), US #43
• Hot Rats (October 1969), US #173
• Burnt Weeny Sandwich (February 1970), US #94
• Weasels Ripped My Flesh (August 10, 1970), US #189
• Chunga's Revenge (October 1970), US #119
• Fillmore East - June 1971 (August 1971), US #38
• 200 Motels (October 1971), US #59
• Just Another Band from L.A. (March 1972), US #85
• Waka/Jawaka (July 1972), US #152
• The Grand Wazoo (November 1972)
• Over-Nite Sensation (September 1973), US #32
• Apostrophe (') (March 1974), US #10
• Roxy & Elsewhere (September 1974), US #27
• One Size Fits All (June 1975), US #26
• Bongo Fury (October 1975), US #66
• Zoot Allures (October 1976), US #71
• Zappa in New York (March 1978), US #57
• Studio Tan (September 1978), US #147
• Sleep Dirt (January 1979), US #175
• Sheik Yerbouti (March 1979), US #21
• Orchestral Favorites (May 1979), US #168
• Joe's Garage (September 1979), US #27
• Tinseltown Rebellion (May 11, 1981), US #66
• Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar (May 1981)
• You Are What You Is (September 1981), US #93
• Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch (May 1982), US #23
• The Man from Utopia (March 1983), US #153
• Baby Snakes (March 1983)
• London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. 1 (June 1983)
• Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger (August 1984)
• Them or Us (October 18, 1984)
• Thing-Fish (November 1984)
• Francesco Zappa (November 1984)
• Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention (November 21, 1985), US #153
• Does Humor Belong in Music? (January 1986)
• Jazz from Hell (November 1986)
• London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. 2 (September 17, 1987)
• Guitar (April 1988)
• You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1 (May 1988)
• You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 2 (October 1988)
• Broadway the Hard Way (October 14, 1988)
• You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 3 (November 1989)
• The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life (April 1991)
• You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4 (June 14, 1991)
• Make a Jazz Noise Here (June 1991)
• Beat the Boots (July 1991), 8 discs (boxed or separate):
  • As an Am (recorded 1981 – 1982)
  • The Ark (recorded 1969)
  • Freaks & Motherfu*#@%! (recorded 1970)
  • Unmitigated Audacity (recorded 1974)
  • Anyway the Wind Blows (2 discs) (recorded 1979)
  • 'Tis the Season to Be Jelly (recorded 1967)
  • Saarbrucken 1978 (recorded 1978)
  • Piquantique (recorded 1973)
• Beat the Boots II (June 1992), 8 discs (boxed only):
  • Disconnected Synapses (recorded 1970)
  • Tengo Na Minchia Tanta (recorded 1970)
  • Electric Aunt Jemima (recorded 1968)
  • At the Circus (recorded 1978)
  • Swiss Cheese/Fire! (2 discs) (recorded 1971)
  • Our Man in Nirvana (recorded 1968)
  • Conceptual Continuity (recorded 1976)
• You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5 (July 1992)
• You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6 (July 1992)
• Playground Psychotics (October 1992)
• Ahead of Their Time (March 1993)
• The Yellow Shark (with Ensemble Modern) (November 1993), US #2 (Classical Crossover Chart)

[edit] Posthumous releases

• Civilization, Phaze III (December 1994)
• The Lost Episodes (February 1996)
• Läther (September 1996)
• Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute (October 1996)
• Have I Offended Someone? (April 1997)
• Mystery Disc (September 1998)
• Everything Is Healing Nicely (December 1999)
• FZ:OZ (August 16, 2002)
• Halloween (February 4, 2003)
• Joe's Corsage (May 30, 2004)
• QuAUDIOPHILIAc (September 14, 2004)
• Joe's Domage (October 1, 2004)
• Joe's XMASage (December 21, 2005)
• Imaginary Diseases (January 13, 2006)
• Trance-Fusion (October 24, 2006)
• The Making Of Freak Out! Project/Object (December 5, 2006)
• The Making Of Freak Out! Project/Object (deluxe) (December 12, 2006)
• The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAA Birthday Bundle (December 15, 2006 (iTunes exclusive)
• Buffalo (April 1, 2007)
• The Dub Room Special (August 24, 2007)
• Wazoo (October 30, 2007)

[edit] Compilations

• Mothermania: The Best of the Mothers (March 1969)
• The **** of the Mothers (October 13, 1969)
• The Mothers of Invention (July 20, 1970)
• Worst of the Mothers (March 15, 1971)
• The Guitar World According to Frank Zappa (June 1987)
• Cucamonga Years (December 10, 1991)
• Strictly Commercial (August 1995)
• Strictly Genteel (May 1997)
• Cucamonga (February 24, 1998)
• Cheap Thrills (April 1998)
• Son of Cheep Thrills (April 1999)
• The Secret Jewel Box: Archives Vol. 2. FZ Original Recordings (December 2001)
• Zappa Picks by Jon Fishman of Phish (October 2002)
• Zappa Picks by Larry LaLonde of Primus (October 2002)

[edit] Cover or tribute albums

• King Kong: Jean-Luc Ponty Plays the Music of Frank Zappa (Jean-Luc Ponty) (1970)
• The BRT Big Band Plays Frank Zappa (BRT Big Band) (1990)
• Yahozna Plays Zappa (Yahonza) (1992)
• Zappa's Universe—A Celebration of 25 Years of Frank Zappa's Music (Joel Thome/Orchestra of Our Time)(1993)
• Harmonia Meets Zappa (Harmonia Ensemble) (1994)
• Music by Frank Zappa (Omnibus Wind Ensemble) (1995)
• Frankincense: The Muffin Men Play Zappa (Muffin Men) (1997)
• Plays The Music of Frank Zappa (The Ed Palermo Big Band) (1997)
• Dischordancies Abundant (CoCö Anderson) (1997)
• Frankly A Cappella (The Persuasions) (2000)
• The Zappa Album (Ensemble Ambrosius) (2000)
• Bohuslän Big Band plays Frank Zappa (Bohuslän Big Band) (2000)
• Ensemble Modern Plays Frank Zappa: Greggery Peccary & Other Persuasions (Ensemble Modern) (2003)
• UMO Jazz Orchestra: UMO plays Frank Zappa feat. Marzi Nyman (2003)
• Lemme Take You To The Beach: Surf Instrumental Bands playing the music of Zappa (Cordelia Records) (2005)
• Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance (The Ed Palermo Big Band) (2006)

[edit] Singles

Year	Song	Chart positions			Album
		US Hot 100	US Main- stream Rock	UK Singles Chart
1966	"Trouble Every Day"	-	-	-	Freak Out!
1966	"Who Are The Brain Police?"	-	-	-	Freak Out!
1967	"Big Leg Emma"	-	-	-	single only
1969	"Peaches en Regalia"	-	-	-	Hot Rats
1970	"Tell Me You Love Me"	-	-	-	Chunga's Revenge
1973	"I Am The Slime"	-	-	-	Over-nite Sensation
1974	"Don't Eat The Yellow Snow"	86	-	-	Apostrophe
1979	"Dancin' Fool"	45	-	-	Sheik Yerbouti
1979	"Bobby Brown Goes Down"	-	-	-	Sheik Yerbouti
1980	"I Don't Wanna Get Drafted!"	-	-	-	single only ("Ancient Armaments" as B-Side)
1982	"Valley Girl"	32	-	-	Ship Arriving Too Late To Save a Drowning Witch
1984	"In France"	-	-	-	Them Or Us
1988	"Sexual Harassment In The Workplace"	-	-	-	Guitar
1988	"Zomby Woof"	-	-	-	You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 1

[edit] External links

• Official Frank Zappa website
• Discography of main releases with lyrics
• Frank Zappa: A Weirdo Discography — details of further Zappa compilations and other releases

v • d • e Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention Main albums Freak Out! • Absolutely Free • We're Only in It for the Money • Lumpy Gravy • Cruising with Ruben & the Jets • Uncle Meat • Hot Rats • Burnt Weeny Sandwich • Weasels Ripped My Flesh • Chunga's Revenge • Fillmore East - June 1971 • 200 Motels • Just Another Band from L.A. • Waka/Jawaka • The Grand Wazoo • Over-Nite Sensation • Apostrophe (') • Roxy & Elsewhere • One Size Fits All • Bongo Fury • Zoot Allures • Zappa in New York • Studio Tan • Sleep Dirt • Sheik Yerbouti • Orchestral Favorites • Joe's Garage • Tinseltown Rebellion • Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar • You Are What You Is • Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch • The Man from Utopia • Baby Snakes • London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. 1 • Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger • Them or Us • Thing-Fish • Francesco Zappa • Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention • Does Humor Belong in Music? • Jazz from Hell • London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. 2 • Guitar • You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1 • You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 2 • Broadway the Hard Way • You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 3 • The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life • You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4 • Make a Jazz Noise Here • You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5 • You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6 • Playground Psychotics • Ahead of Their Time • The Yellow Shark Posthumous albums Civilization Phaze III • The Lost Episodes • Läther • Mystery Disc • Everything Is Healing Nicely • FZ:OZ • Halloween • Joe's Corsage • Joe's Domage • Joe's XMASage • Imaginary Diseases • Trance-Fusion • Buffalo • The Dub Room Special • Wazoo Compilations Mothermania • The Guitar World According to Frank Zappa • Strictly Commercial • Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute • Have I Offended Someone? • Strictly Genteel • QuAUDIOPHILIAc • The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAA Birthday Bundle Box sets The Old Masters Box One • The Old Masters Box Two • The Old Masters Box Three • Beat the Boots • Beat the Boots II • The MOFO Project/Object Films and videos 200 Motels • Baby Snakes • The Dub Room Special • Video from Hell • Does Humor Belong in Music? • The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels • The Amazing Mr. Bickford • Uncle Meat Related articles Cultural references to Frank Zappa • Frank Zappa discography • The Real Frank Zappa Book • The Rage and the Fury • Dance Me This • Zappa Plays Zappa